BAYLOR: A week after beating previously second-ranked Kansas State, the Bears
notched a 52-45 overtime win at Texas Tech to become bowl eligible for the
third straight season. Nick Florence threw for 396 yards and three touchdowns
in Saturday's victory, completing 22-of-37 passes with his predecessor,
reigning Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III standing on the sidelines
watching. Lache Seastrunk rushed for 136 yards and Glasco Martin picked up 98
yards and a pair scores, including the game-winner in overtime. Terrance
Williams hauled in seven passes for 175 yards and a touchdown, and Lanear
Sampson had five receptions for 91 yards and a touchdown. All told, the two
teams combined for a staggering 1,241 yards from scrimmage, but it was the
Bears who were left standing in the end despite three missed field goals. They
did not take their first lead until early in the fourth quarter when Eddie
Lackey returned an interception 55 yards for a touchdown. Baylor has one game
left, against Oklahoma State this weekend, before learning its bowl fate.

IOWA STATE: Six days after becoming bowl eligible, the Cyclones concluded
their regular season with a 31-24 setback to West Virginia on Friday. Making
his first career start, redshirt freshman Sam Richardson finished with 162
yards and three touchdowns on 13-of-31 passing for Iowa State (6-6, 3-6),
which lost for the third time in four outings to finish its schedule.
Richardson also rushed for a team-high 119 yards. Josh Lenz had a team-best
four receptions for 48 yards and a score in the losing effort. The Cyclones
produced 234 rushing yards on 46 carries as a team. However, they also gave up
239 yards on the ground against a WVU squad that entered the contest with a
five-game losing streak. Iowa State was driving down the field for a potential
game-tying touchdown late in regulation, but a lost fumble at the WVU five-
yard line with 3:59 to play sealed the team's fate.

KANSAS: The Jayhawks, who sit a dismal 1-10 on the year, were idle this past
week. They'll wrap up their season at West Virginia this Saturday.

KANSAS STATE: After suffering their only loss of the season at Baylor last
week, the Wildcats had the weekend off. They'll host Texas in Saturday's
regular-season finale, but standing at No. 6 in the latest BCS standings, a
shot at the national title is no longer in the cards.

OKLAHOMA: The Sooners improved to 9-2 with Saturday's 51-48 overtime victory
against No. 22 Oklahoma State. With the victory, OU moved to No. 11 in this
week's BCS standings. The Sooners (9-2, 7-1 Big 12) are tied with Kansas State
for first place in the conference standings. Oklahoma wraps up its regular
season this Saturday at TCU, while the Wildcats come off a bye week to play
Texas. Should the two finish with identical league records, the Wildcats would
win the crown thanks to their 24-19 triumph over Oklahoma back on Sept. 22.
Blake Bell's 4-yard touchdown run tied the game with four seconds remaining in
regulation and Brennan Clay ran for an 18-yard score in overtime to clinch
Saturday's victory in the 107th edition of the Bedlam Series. The game
required an additional period because of a gutsy play call on 4th-and-1. Bell
took the handoff, powered his way over the left guard and into the end zone,
capping a 17-play drive that began at the Oklahoma 14. After Quinn Sharp
kicked a 26-yard field goal for Oklahoma State in overtime, Clay charged up
the middle of the line, bowled over a defender and shrugged off another on his
way for the touchdown. Landry Jones completed 46 of his astounding 71 attempts
for 500 yards with three touchdowns and one interception to move past Graham
Harrell as the Big 12's career passing leader (16,124).

OKLAHOMA STATE: The 24th-ranked Cowboys lost a 51-48 contest at No. 12
Oklahoma to fall to 7-4 with one game remaining. The 107th installment of
the Bedlam Series went to overtime after OU's Blake Bell tied the game on a
four-yard touchdown run on 4th-and-1 with four seconds remaining in
regulation. That TD capped a 17-play drive that began at the Sooners' 14, and
Brennan Clay sealed it for OU with an 18-yard TD scamper in OT after the
Cowboys kicked a field goal on their possession. The Cowboys defense fell
victim to Landry Jones, who became the Big 12's career passing leader by
completing 46-of-71 passes for 500 yards with three TDs and one interception
on the day. Clint Chelf had 253 yards, one touchdown and one interception
while connecting on 19-of-37 throws for Oklahoma State (7-4, 5-3), which never
trailed until the final score. Joseph Randle rushed for 113 yards and four
touchdowns in the Cowboys' ninth loss in the last 10 years to Oklahoma. They
haven't won in Norman since 2001. OSU heads to Baylor this week to wrap up the
regular season.

TCU: The Horned Frogs picked up a 20-13 win at No. 18 Texas on Thanksgiving to
improve to 7-4 on the season and earn the 600th victory in school history.
Matthew Tucker ran for a pair of touchdowns, finishing with 57 yards on 14
carries for the Horned Frogs, who have won two of their last three outings.
Trevone Boykin completed 7-of-9 passes for 82 yards with an interception while
adding a game-high 77 yards on 10 carries in the win. Following the game, head
coach Gary Patterson noted that his team still made plenty of mistakes but
fought to overcome them. The defense notched four takeaways on the day, and
that proved to be a key factor in notching the team's signature conference
victory in its first year as a member of the Big 12. The Horned Frogs
intercepted two passes near their own goal line to thwart a couple of UT
scoring drives and scooped up a fumble at the Texas 16 to set up a touchdown
just before the half. TCU ran the ball 48 times for 217 yards and attempted
only 10 passes while improving to 4-1 on the road in conference play this
season. The Horned Frogs are now 14-9 against ranked opponents under Patterson
and will host 12th-ranked Oklahoma in Saturday's regular-season finale.

TEXAS: The Longhorns dropped five spots in the AP poll to No. 23 following
their 20-13 home loss to TCU on Thanksgiving night. Texas committed four
turnovers, including two interceptions near the goal line and a lost fumble on
its own 16 to set up a Horned Frogs' TD. David Ash started the game at
quarterback for Texas and completed 10-of-21 passes for 104 yards and two
interceptions and a lost fumble before getting replaced in the fourth quarter
by Case McCoy. McCoy went 11-of-17 through the air for 110 yards, but tossed
the game-sealing interception as the Longhorns (8-3, 5-3) had their four-game
win streak snapped. Defensively, they gave up 217 yards on 48 carries as TCU
attempted only 10 passes for the game. UT entered the tilt with an outside
shot at the Big 12 title or a BCS bowl bid with a win. Instead, those
turnovers proved costly and the Longhorns will wrap up their regular season at
Kansas State this weekend.

TEXAS TECH: The Red Raiders were on the wrong end of another shootout on
Saturday, as they wrapped up their regular season with a 52-45 overtime
setback to Baylor. The Red Raiders, who were 6-1 at one point this season and
ranked as high as No. 15 in the nation, finished the campaign at 7-5 thanks to
losses in four of their last five outings. Saturday's affair saw both teams
combine for 1,241 yards, but BU came through in the end. TTU was kept alive in
part because of three missed field goals by the Bears, including one on the
final play of regulation. Seth Doege threw for 359 yards and three touchdowns
on 30-of-40 accuracy, but he was also intercepted three times. Darrin Moore
caught 13 passes for 186 yards and two scores, while Eric Ward brought in nine
balls for 113 yards and a TD for the Red Raiders, who finished the regular
season ranked No. 2 nationally in passing offense. Kenny Williams rushed for
89 yards and a score in the loss.

WEST VIRGINIA: The Mountaineers ended their longest losing streak since 1986
with Saturday's 31-24 triumph at Iowa State, which also marked their sixth win
of the season to become bowl eligible. It has been a wild ride for WVU, which
ranks in the top-15 nationally in both total offense (506.9 ypg) and scoring
offense (40.0 ppg), but is 117th in both total defense (487.4 ypg) and scoring
defense (40.7 ppg). Geno Smith completed 22-of-31 passes for 236 yards and two
scores to help the Mountaineers snap their five-game slide. Shawne Alston
racked up 130 yards and a touchdown on 19 attempts to pace the rushing attack,
while Stedman Bailey finished with seven receptions for 82 yards and a score.
Tavon Austin also had a very productive day with 261 all-purpose yards and one
touchdown catch. He turned a flip pass into a 75-yard touchdown for the go-
ahead score with less than seven minutes remaining in regulation. With ISU
driving down the field late in regulation with a chance to tie, the
Mountaineers defense came up with a huge fumble recovery in the end zone with
less than four minutes remaining to seal the outcome.